Comment.

We can think of at least one subject that could be harmoniously discussed at a summit conference-nylons, or, as the Soviet variants of them are called, kaprons. Russian women have been complaining that their kaprons run; ditto American women about their nylons. The American explanation, according to a statement by the president of the National Association of Hoseiry Manufacturers, is that our women are demanding nylons so much shearer than those of yesteryear that the stockings simply can't stand the gaff... The Russian explanation is that the hosiery factories over there "are not observing production technology. Different causes, same effect In any event, this is clearly a sensitive area, in which a solution jointly arrived at by the two governments concerned could placate half the population of both nations, & it would surely be far, far better to have the problem disposed of in this way than to let either sloppily groomed nation derive the immense propaganda advantage that would accrue from settling it unilaterally.